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UK Politics

Mayors to get powers to overrule local councils on planning decisions

Mayors across England will be given new powers to overrule local councils on some planning decisions.The change would apply to proposals with more than...

Burnham economic advisor O’Neill rules out government job but urges boldness on devolution

The economist Lord Jim O'Neill, who has been advising the prime minister, has said he will not be taking a job in Andy Burnham's...

UK borrows more than expected in July as Healey prepares for first Budget

The government borrowed slightly more than expected in July, according to figures published as Chancellor John Healey draws up his first Budget.The Office for...

Council debt 2025: Scale of local authority deficits revealed

The council said it had no choice but to invest in order to fill the gap in income it had received from central government...

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

Fracking has been going on in the British oil and gas sector for decades and largely flew under the political radar until about 2010,...

Government plans to overhaul asylum appeals system

The government is planning an overhaul of the asylum appeals system, as it tries to cut the number of migrants staying in hotels while...

Pub and travel bans proposed in sentencing overhaul

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said widening the range of sentencing options short of prison time was part of Labour's plan to cut crime and...

Nigel Farage pledges to deport small boat asylum seekers

The government faces growing pressure over immigration, with a record 111,000 asylum applications made to the UK during the year to June. Figures released...

Home Office seeks to appeal against court ruling on asylum hotel

She said the government were working to do it "as part of an orderly, planned and sustained programme that avoids simply creating problems for...

Crackdown on people wrongly claiming child benefit abroad

A team of 15 investigators stopped around £17m being incorrectly paid out in less than 12 months.From next month, more than 200 people will...

UK’s third-largest steelworks collapses into government control

One of the creditors, Ryan Perkins for Greensill Capital, argued UK steel-making would be better served if the company's assets were sold off with...

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